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SYLLABUS FOR JEE-2011
APPENDIX-1
Chemistry
Physical chemistry
General topics: Concept of atoms and
molecules; Dalton’s atomic theory; Mole concept;
Chemical formulae; Balanced chemical
equations; Calculations (based on mole concept)
involving common —_oxidation-reduction,
neutralisation, and displacement _ reactions;
Concentration in terms of mole fraction, molarity,
molality and normality.
Gaseous and liquid states: Absolute scale of
temperature, ideal gas equation; Deviation from
ideality, van der Waals equation; Kinetic theory
of gases, average, root mean square and most
probable velocities and their relation with
temperature; Law of partial pressures; Vapour
pressure; Diffusion of gases.
Atomic structure and chemical bonding: Bohr
model, spectrum of hydrogen atom, quantum
numbers; Wave-particle duality, de Broglie
hypothesis; Uncertainty principle; Qualitative
quantum mechanical picture of hydrogen atom,
shapes of s, p and d orbitals; Electronic
‘configurations of elements (up to atomic number
36); Aufbau principle; Pauli’s exclusion principle
and Hund's rule; Orbital overlap and covalent
bond; Hybridisation involving s, p and d orbitals
only; Orbital energy diagrams for homonuclear
diatomic species; Hydrogen bond; Polarity in
molecules, dipole moment (qualitative aspects
only); VSEPR model and shapes of molecules
(inear, angular, triangular, square planar,
pyramidal, square pyramidal, trigonal
bipyramidal, tetrahedral and octahedral)
Energetics: First law of thermodynamics;
Internal energy, work and heat, pressure-volume
work; Enthalpy, Hess's law; Heat of reaction,
fusion and vapoutization; Second law of
thermodynamics; Entropy; Free energy; Criterion
of spontaneity.
Chemical equilibrium: Law of mass action;
Equilibrium constant, Le Chatelier’s principle
(effect. of concentration, temperature and
pressure); Significance of AG and AG? in
‘chemical equilibrium; Solubility product, common
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ion effect, pH and buffer solutions; Acids and
bases (Bronsted and Lewis concepts); Hydrolysis
of salts.
Electrochemistry: Electrochemical cells and cell
reactions; Standard electrode potentials; Nernst
‘equation and its relation to AG; Electrochemical
series, emf of galvanic cells; Faraday's laws of
electrolysis; Electrolytic conductance, specific,
equivalent and molar conductivity, Kohlrausch’s
law; Concentration cells.
Chemical kinetics: Rates of chemical
reactions; Order of reactions; Rate constant; First
order reactions; Temperature dependence of rate
constant (Arrhenius equation).
Solid state: Classification of solids, crystalline
state, seven crystal systems (cell parameters a,
b, c.a,8,7), close packed structure of solids
(cubic), packing in foc, bee and hep lattices;
Nearest neighbours, ionic radii, simple ionic
‘compounds, point defects.
Solutions: Raoult's law; Molecular weight
determination from lowering of vapour pressure,
elevation of boiling point and depression of
freezing point.
Surface chemistry: Elementary concepts of
adsorption (excluding adsorption isotherms);
Colloids: types, methods of preparation and
general properties; Elementary ideas of
emulsions, surfactants and micelles (only
definitions and examples).
Nuclear chemistry: Radioactivity: isotopes and
isobars; Properties of c, Band yrays; Kinetics of
radioactive decay (decay series excluded),
carbon dating; Stability of nuclei with respect to
proton-neutron ratio; Brief discussion on fission
and fusion reactions.
Inorganic Chemistry
Isolation/preparation and properties of the
following non-metals: Boron, silicon, nitrogen,
phosphorus, oxygen, sulphur and halogens;
Properties of allotropes of carbon (only diamond,
and graphite), phosphorus and sulphur.Preparation and properties of the following
compounds: Oxides, peroxides, hydroxides,
carbonates, bicarbonates, chlorides and
sulphates of sodium, potassium, magnesium and
calcium; Boron: diborane, boric acid and borax;
Aluminium: alumina, aluminium chloride and
alums; Carbon: oxides and oxyacid (carbonic
acid); Silicon: silicones, silicates and_ silicon
carbide; Nitrogen: oxides, oxyacids and
ammonia; Phosphorus: oxides, _oxyacids
(phosphorus acid, phosphoric acid) and
phosphine; Oxygen: ozone and hydrogen
peroxide; Sulphur: hydrogen sulphide, oxides,
sulphurous acid, sulphuric acid and sodium
thiosulphate; Halogens: hydrohalic acids, oxides
and oxyacids of chlorine, bleaching powder;
Xenon fluorides.
Transition elements (3d series): Definition,
general characteristics, oxidation states and their
stabilities, colour (excluding the details of
electronic transitions) and calculation of spin-only
magnetic moment; Coordination compounds:
nomenclature of | mononuclear coordination
‘compounds, cis-trans and ionisation isomerisms,
hybridization and geometries of mononuclear
coordination compounds (linear, tetrahedral,
squate planar and octahedral).
Preparation and properties of the following
compounds: Oxides and chlorides of tin and
lead; Oxides, chlorides and sulphates of Fe2+,
Cu2+ and Zn2+; Potassium permanganate,
potassium dichromate, silver oxide, silver nitrate,
silver thiosulphate.
Ores and minerals: Commonly occurring ores
and minerals of iron, copper, tin, lead,
magnesium, aluminium, zinc and silver.
Extractive metallurgy: Chemical principles and
reactions only (industrial details excluded);
Carbon reduction method (iron and_tin); Self
reduction method (copper and lead); Electrolytic
reduction method (magnesium and aluminium);
Cyanide process (silver and gold).
Principles of qualitative analysis: Groups | to
V (only Ag*, Hg2*, Cu2+, Pb2+, Bi3+, Fe3+,
cst, AIs+, Ca2*, Bat, 22+, Mn2* and
Mg2*); Nitrate, halides (excluding fluoride),
sulphate and sulphide.
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Organic Chemistry
Concepts: Hybridisation of carbon; Sigma and
pi-bonds; Shapes of simple organic molecules;
Structural and geometrical isomerism; Optical
isomerism of compounds containing up to two
asymmetric centres, (R,S and E,Z nomenclature
excluded); IUPAC nomenclature of simple
organic compounds (only hydrocarbons, mono-
functional and bifunctional compounds);
Contormations of ethane and butane (Newman
projections); Resonance and_hyperconjugation;
Keto-enol tautomerism; Determination of,
empirical and molecular formulae of simple
‘compounds (only combustion method); Hydrogen
bonds: definition and their effects on physical
properties of alcohols and carboxylic acids,
Inductive and resonance effects on acidity and
basicity of organic acids and bases; Polarity and
inductive effects in alkyl halides; Reactive
intermediates produced during homolytic and
heterolytic bond cleavage; Formation, structure
and stability of carbocations, carbanions and free
radicals
Preparation, properties and reactions of
alkanes: Homologous seties, physical properties
of alkanes (melting points, boiling points and
density); Combustion and halogenation of
alkanes; Preparation of alkanes by Wurtz
reaction and decarboxylation reactions.
Preparation, properties and reactions of
alkenes and alkynes: Physical properties of
alkenes and alkynes (boiling points, density and
dipole moments); Acidity of alkynes; Acid
catalysed hydration of alkenes and alkynes
(excluding the stereochemistry of addition and
elimination); Reactions of alkenes with KMnOg
and ozone; Reduction of alkenes and alkynes;
Preparation of alkenes and alkynes by
elimination reactions; Electrophilic addition
reactions of alkenes with Xp, HX, HOX
(Xchalogen) and Hy0; Addition reactions of
alkynes; Metal acetylides.
Reactions of benzene: Structure _and
aromaticity; Electrophilic substitution reactions:
halogenation, nitration, sulphonation, Friedel-
Crafts alkylation and acylation; Effect of 0-, m-
and p-directing groups in monosubstituted
benzenes.Phenols: Acidity, electrophilic substitution
reactions —_(halogenation, nitration and.
sulphonation); Reimer-Tieman reaction, Kolbe
reaction
Characteristic reactions of the following
(including those mentioned above): Alkyl
halides: rearrangement reactions of alkyl
carbocation, Grignard reactions, nucleophilic
substitution’ reactions; Alcohols: esterification,
dehydration and oxidation, reaction with sodium,
phosphorus halides, ZnClp/concentrated HCI,
conversion of alcohols into aldehydes and
ketones; Ethers:Preparation by Williamson's
Synthesis; Aldehydes and Ketones: oxidation,
reduction, oxime and hydrazone formation; aldol
condensation, Perkin reaction; Cannizzaro
reaction; haloform reaction and nucleophilic
addition reactions (Grignard addition);
Carboxylic acids: formation of esters, acid
chlorides and amides, ester hydrolysis; Amines
basicity of substituted anilines and aliphatic
amines, preparation from nitro compounds,
reaction with nitrous acid, azo coupling reaction
of diazonium salts of aromatic amines,
Sandmeyer and related reactions of diazonium,
salts; carbylamine reaction; Haloarenes
nucleophilic aromatic substitution in haloarenes:
and substituted haloarenes (excluding Benzyne
mechanism and Cine substitution).
Carbohydrates: Classification; mono- and di-
saccharides (glucose and sucrose); Oxidation,
reduction, glycoside formation and hydrolysis of
sucrose.
Amino acids and peptides: General structure
(only primary structure for peptides) and physical
properties.
Properties and uses of some important
polymers: Natural rubber, cellulose, nylon, teflon
and PVC,
Practical organic chemistry: Detection of
elements (N, S, halogens); Detection and
identification of the following functional groups:
hydroxyl (alcoholic and phenolic), carbonyl
(aldehyde and ketone), carboxyl, amino and
nitro; Chemical methods of separation of mono-
functional organic compounds from binary
mixtures.
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Mathematics
Algebra: Algebra of complex numbers, addition,
multiplication, conjugation, polar representation,
properties of modulus and principal argument,
triangle inequality, cube roots of unity, geometric
interpretations.
Quadratic equations with real coefficients,
relations between roots and coefficients,
formation of quadratic equations with given roots,
symmetric functions of roots.
Arithmetic, geometric and-—_harmonic
progressions, arithmetic, geometric and
harmonic means, sums of finite arithmetic and
geometric progressions, infinite geometric series,
sums of squares and cubes of the first n natural
numbers.
Logarithms and their properties.
Permutations and combinations, Binomial
theorem for a positive integral index, properties
of binomial coefficients.
Matrices as a rectangular array of real numbers,
equality of matrices, addition, multiplication by a
scalar and product of matrices, transpose of a
matrix, determinant of a square matrix of order
up to three, inverse of a square mattix of order
up to three, properties of these matrix operations,
diagonal, symmetric and skew-symmetric
matrices and their properties, solutions of
simultaneous linear equations in two or three
variables
Addition and multiplication rules of probability,
conditional probability, Bayes Theorem,
independence of events, computation of
probability of events using permutations and
combinations.
Trigonometry: Trigonometric functions, their
periodicity and graphs, addition and subtraction
formulae, formulae involving multiple and sub-
multiple angles, general solution of trigonometric
equations.
Relations between sides and angles of a triangle,
sine tule, cosine rule, half-angle formula and the
area of a triangle, inverse trigonometric functions
(principal value only)Analytical geometry:
Two dimensions: Cartesian coordinates,
distance between two points, section formulae,
shift of origin,
Equation of a straight line in various forms, angle
between two lines, distance of a point from a line;
Lines through the point of intersection of two
given lines, equation of the bisector of the angle
between two lines, concurrency of lines;
Centroid, orthocentre, incentre and circumcentre
of a triangle,
Equation of a circle in various forms, equations of
tangent, normal and chord.
Parametric equations of a circle, intersection of a
circle with a straight line or a circle, equation of a
circle through the points of ‘intersection of two
circles and those of a circle and a straight line.
Equations of a parabola, ellipse and hyperbola in
standard form, their foci, directrices and
eccentricity, parametric equations, equations of
tangent and normal
Locus Problems.
Three dimensions: Direction cosines and
direction ratios, equation of a straight line in
space, equation of a plane, distance of a point
from a plane
Differential calculus: Real valued functions of a
real variable, into, onto and one-to-one functions,
sum, difference, product and quotient of two
functions, composite functions, absolute value,
polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponential
and logarithmic functions.
Limit and continuity of a function, limit and
continuity of the sum, difference, product and
quotient of two functions, L'Hospital rule of
evaluation of limits of functions.
Even and odd functions, inverse of a function,
continuity of composite functions, intermediate
value property of continuous functions
Derivative of a function, derivative of the sum,
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difference, product and quotient of two functions,
chain tule, derivatives of polynomial, rational,
trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, exponential
and logarithmic functions.
Derivatives of implicit functions, derivatives up to
order two, geometrical interpretation of the
derivative, tangents and normals, increasing and
decreasing functions, maximum and minimum
values of a function, Rolle's Theorem and
Lagrange's Mean Value Theorem.
Integral calculus: integration as the inverse
process of differentiation, indefinite integrals of
standard functions, definite integrals and their
properties, Fundamental Theorem of Integral
Caloulus.
Integration by parts, integration by the methods
of substitution and partial fractions, application of
definite integrals to the determination of areas
involving simple curves.
Formation of ordinary differential equations,
solution of homogeneous differential equations,
separation of variables method, linear first order
differential equations.
Vectors: Addition of vectors, scalar
multiplication, dot and cross products, scalar
triple products and their geometrical
interpretations.
Physics
General: Units and dimensions, dimensional
analysis; least count, significant figures; Methods
of measurement and error analysis for physical
quantities pertaining tothe following
experiments: Experiments based on using
Vernier calipers and screw gauge (micrometer),
Determination of g using simple pendulum,
Young's modulus by Searle's method, Specific
heat of a liquid using calorimeter, focal length of
a concave mirror and a convex’ lens using u-v
method, Speed of sound using resonance
column, Verfication of Ohm's law using voltmeter
and ammeter, and specific resistance of the
material of a wire using meter bridge and post
office boxMechanics: Kinematics in one and two
dimensions (Cartesian coordinates only),
projectiles; Uniform Circular motion; Relative
velocity
Newton's laws of motion; Inertial and uniformly
accelerated frames of reference; Static and
dynamic friction; Kinetic and potential energy;
Work and power; Conservation of linear
momentum and mechanical energy.
Systems of particles; Centre of mass and its
motion; Impulse; Elastic and inelastic collisions.
Law of gravitation; Gravitational potential and
field; Acceleration due to gravity; Motion of
planets and satellites in circular orbits; Escape
velocity
Rigid body, moment of inertia, parallel and
perpendicular axes theorems, moment of inertia
of uniform bodies with simple geometrical
shapes; Angular momentum; Torque:
Conservation of angular momentum; Dynamics
of rigid bodies with fixed axis of rotation; Rolling
without slipping of rings, cylinders and spheres;
Equilibrium of rigid bodies; Collision of point
masses with rigid bodies.
Linear and angular simple harmonic motions.
Hooke's law, Young’s modulus.
Pressure in a fluid; Pascal's law; Buoyancy;
Surface energy and surface tension, capillary
rise; Viscosity (Poiseuille’s equation excluded),
Stoke's law; Terminal velocity, Streamline flow,
‘equation of continuity, Bernoulli's theorem and its
applications.
Wave motion (plane waves only), longitudinal
and transverse waves, superposition of waves;
Progressive and stationary waves; Vibration of
stings and air columns;Resonance; Beats;
Speed of sound in gases; Doppler effect (in
sound),
Thermal physics: Thermal expansion of solids,
liquids and gases; Calorimetry, latent heat; Heat
conduction in one dimension; Elementary
concepts of convection and radiation; Newton's
law of cooling: Ideal gas laws; Specific heats (Cy
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and Cp for monoatomic and diatomic gases);
Isothermal and adiabatic processes, bulk
modulus of gases; Equivalence of heat and work;
First law of thermodynamics and its applications,
(only for ideal gases); Blackbody_ radiation:
absorptive and emissive powers; Kirchhott’s law;
Wien’s displacement law, Stefan’s law.
Electricity and magnetism: Coulomb's law;
Electric field and potential; Electrical potential
energy of a system of point charges and of
electrical dipoles in a uniform electrostatic field;
Electric field lines; Flux of electric field; Gauss’s
law and its application in simple cases, such as,
to find field due to infinitely long straight wire,
uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and
uniformly charged thin spherical shell
Capacitance; Parallel plate capacitor with and
without dielectrics; Capacitors in series and
parallel; Energy stored in a capacitor.
Electric current; Ohm’s law; Series and parallel
arrangements of resistances and cells;
Kirchhoff’s laws and simple applications; Heating
effect of current.
Biot-Savart’s law and Ampere’s law; Magnetic
field near a curent-cartying straight wire, along
the axis of a circular coil and inside a long
straight solenoid; Force on a moving charge and
on a current-carrying wire in a uniform magnetic
field
Magnetic moment of a current loop; Effect of a
uniform magnetic field on a current loop; Moving
coil galvanometer, voltmeter, ammeter and their
conversions.
Electromagnetic induction: Faraday’s law, Lenz's
law; Self and mutual inductance; RC, LR and LC
circuits with D.C. and A.C. sources.
Optics: Rectilinear propagation of light;
Reflection and refraction at plane and spherical
surfaces; Total internal reflection; Deviation and
dispersion of light by a prism; Thin lenses;
Combinations of mirrors and thin lenses;
MagnificationWave nature of light: Huygen’s principle,
interference limited to Young's double-sit
‘experiment.
Modern physics: Atomic nucleus; Alpha, beta
and gamma radiations; Law of radioactive decay;
Decay constant; Half-life and mean life; Binding
energy and its calculation; Fission and fusion
processes; Energy calculation in these
processes.
Photoelectric effect; Bohr's theory of hydrogen-
like atoms; Characteristic and continuous X-rays,
Moseley’s law; de Broglie wavelength of matter
waves.
SYLLABUS FOR APTITUDE TEST FOR
B.Arch, and B.Des, PROGRAMMES
Freehand drawing: This would comprise of
simple drawing depicting the total object in its
right form and proportion, surface texture,
relative location and details of its component
parts in appropriate scale. Common domestic or
day-to-day life usable objects like fumiture,
‘equipment, etc., from memory.
Geometrical drawing: Exercises in geometrical
drawing containing lines, angles, triangles,
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quadrilaterals, polygons, circles etc. Study of
plan (top view), elevation (front or side views) of
simple solid objects like prisms, cones, cylinders,
cubes, splayed surface holders etc
Three-dimensional perception: Understanding
and appreciation of three-dimensional forms with
building elements, colour, volume and
orientation. Visualization through structuring
objects in memory
Imagination and _aesth sensitivity:
Composition exercise with given elements.
Context mapping. Creativity check through
innovative uncommon test with familiar objects.
Sense of colour grouping or application.
Architectural awareness: General interest and
awareness of famous architectural creations —
both national and international, places and
personalities (architects, designers ete. ) in the
related domain
Candidates are advised to bring geometry
box sets, pencils, erasers and colour pencils
or crayons for the Aptitude Test.